Hitchcock Succeeds Meyer in Cabinet

It was announced last night that Frank H. Hitchcock '91 had been offered and had accepted the position of postmaster general in President-elect Taft's cabinet. This is the first cabinet office to be filled. Mr. Hitchcock will succeed another Harvard graduate, George von L. Meyer '79.

After graduating from Harvard, Mr. Hitchcock entered the Columbia University Law School, receiving the degree of LL.M. in 1895. In 1903 he was made chief of the department of commerce and labor, and at the Republican convention in 1904 he filled the position of assistant secretary. The following year he became assistant postmaster general, resigning last June to manage the Republican national campaign. His able work in this position was one of the chief factors which contributed to Taft's success.